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Biography
Martin Lawrence was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 16, 1965, and eventually settled with his family in suburban Maryland around his sixth birthday. Soon after, his father left the family; Lawrence claims he got his start as a comedian by cheering up his mother, who was forced to support her six children by cashiering in various department stores. He attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Landover, MD, dabbling in sports and sticking with comedy, even agreeing to stop acting up in an art class in return for performing his stand-up routine in front of the other students. Soon after graduating, he earned a chance to perform on Star Search, which led to a role in 1985's What's Happening Now! Lawrence kept honing his frenetic schtick and by 1989, won two big breaks -- a supporting role in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and MCing HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He also had a show on Fox for over five years called Martin.
Filmography
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- National Security (2002)
- Black Knight (2001)
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
- Big Momma's House (2000)
- Blue Streak (1999)
- Life (1999)
- Nothing to Lose (1997)
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Boomerang (1992)
- Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1992)
- House Party 2 (1991)
- House Party (1990)
Bad Boys II
Cast: Martin Lawrence (Marcus Burnett), Will Smith (Mike Lowrey), Gabrielle Union (Syd Burnett), Joe Pantoliano (Captain Howard), Henry Rollins, Peter Stormare, Raymond Gallegos (Tito), Jordi Molla (Johnny Tapia), Jason Manuel Olazabal (Detective Vargas), Theresa Randle, John Salley (Hacker Fletcher), Yul Vasquez (Reyes)
Premise: (7/19/02) Not much is known yet about this sequel's premise, except that it returns us to the careers of a pair Miami police detectives (Lawrence, Smith) who are on a case that takes them to London, and that it involves the half-sister, Syd Burnett (Union), of Lawrence's character, who's an undercover agent pretending to launder dirty money (and who has a flirtatious relationship with Smith's character, much to his partner's chagrin). (Punk rock icon and occasional actor Henry Rollins plays a narcotics team leader) (12/18/02) The trailer reveals that the premise includes a sequence in which the guys go undercover as members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Next Movie(s)
After Bad Boys II I don't know. I think he is taking a break.
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